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The associate director for the California Innocence Project talks about the importance of working to address issues of evidence retention and prese...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 02:00
GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson about how an angry Ike came off the golf course to kic...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 03:46
Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Delicate Truth by John Le Carré.
- Added: Mar 05, 2017
- Length: 03:08
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Griftopia by Matt Tiaibi
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 02:18
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan.
- Added: Jan 15, 2017
- Length: 02:19
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco about the roots of fascism in Europe.
- Added: Jan 12, 2017
- Length: 03:14
Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:06
Norman Wirzba sees a moral vacuum at the heart of the presidential campaign: He says candidates are ignoring society's most vulnerable citizens. Wi...
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:11
We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...
- Added: Oct 21, 2016
- Length: 02:18
The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski.
Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 02:07
Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 01:40
New voter identification laws could sharply curb voter participation in N.C. and other states, says Duke University historian Gunther Peck.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 02:14
With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 02:19
- Purchases: 1
National service is a winning issue with potential bipartisan appeal, says a professor at Duke University.
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 02:05
A recent disaster in Kolkata brings out the lookie-loos - and much more.
- Added: Apr 04, 2016
- Length: 06:00
One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: :59
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll meet individuals who went to prison, came out, and have since dedicated their life to changing the world.
Bought by WRIR and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Your salad might be the next way to reduce our reliance on oil.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Monarch Radio
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 2
Ross McKenzie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but after 15 years on Lithium, he wasn’t getting any better. He decided to take matters into hi...
- Added: Aug 31, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instan...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
How did historical leaders once address crowds of thousands, unaided by modern amplification
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
People who are financially dependent on their spouse June be more likely to cheat on them.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
A critically endangered fish may be making up for to a lack of mates by reproducing without sex.
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
